{"id":22711,"date":"2023-09-06T06:15:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T06:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=22711"},"modified":"2023-09-06T06:15:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T06:15:45","slug":"a-change-in-ceo-wont-fix-qantass-problems-its-time-to-consider-bringing-qantas-back-into-public-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/09\/06\/a-change-in-ceo-wont-fix-qantass-problems-its-time-to-consider-bringing-qantas-back-into-public-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"A CHANGE IN CEO WON\u2019T FIX QANTAS\u2019S PROBLEMS &#8211; IT\u2019S TIME TO CONSIDER BRINGING QANTAS BACK INTO PUBLIC HANDS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Elizabeth Watson-Brown, MP for Ryan and Greens spokesperson for Transport, Infrastructure and Sustainable Cities said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlan Joyce has made Qantas\u2019s name synonymous with price gouging, mismanagement, attacking workers\u2019 pay and conditions, and scandal. I\u2019m sure many Australians are happy to see him go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs CEO, Joyce has received bonuses of over $20 million, while workers and customers have lost out. Now that he\u2019s being pushed out, the board should step in to ensure he receives no final bonus payout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut a change of CEO alone won\u2019t fix Qantas\u2019s problems. As long as Qantas remains a private, for-profit monopoly, we\u2019re going to see more price gouging, more undermining of workers rights, more scandals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for a rethink. Instead of propping up Qantas\u2019s profits, the government should take this moment to seriously look into bringing Qantas back into public ownership.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBringing Qantas back into public hands would ensure no gouging or breaching of consumer rights, decent pay and conditions for workers, and fair prices for everyday travellers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith 60% share of Australia\u2019s aviation market, it makes no sense for Qantas to remain in private hands. Rather than protect Qantas\u2019s monopoly status as \u2018too big to fail\u2019, the government should investigate bringing it back into public ownership.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth Watson-Brown, MP for Ryan and Greens spokesperson for Transport, Infrastructure and Sustainable Cities said: \u201cAlan Joyce has made Qantas\u2019s name synonymous with price gouging, mismanagement, attacking workers\u2019 pay and conditions, and scandal. I\u2019m sure many Australians are happy to see him go. \u201cAs CEO, Joyce has received bonuses of over $20 million, while workers &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/09\/06\/a-change-in-ceo-wont-fix-qantass-problems-its-time-to-consider-bringing-qantas-back-into-public-hands\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A CHANGE IN CEO WON\u2019T FIX QANTAS\u2019S PROBLEMS &#8211; IT\u2019S TIME TO CONSIDER BRINGING QANTAS BACK INTO PUBLIC HANDS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22712,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22711\/revisions\/22712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}